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joining me so locking reports are coming out today obviously from capitol hill like senator patrick leahy saying that the u.s. has an effect suspended aid to egypt while the white house denies that claim so what shall we first of all make of those contradicting reports. meghan it's great to be talking with you. you know obviously this is a fluid situation as they say it's kind of a cliche but it is there's a lot of moving parts senator leahy has actually said from the beginning he's been really clear on this that he thinks aid should be cut he said this as soon as the military deposed morsi back in july. and he's saying that it's a coup when the current aid that is scheduled to run through september thirtieth they believe this completed they cannot get any more money from the united states the white house is saying that they're still. you know teasing the situation out and trying to figure out how to proceed and also that the sequester has impacted the aid and that's important to explain because a lot of our aid that we sent to egypt actually goes through american arms manufacturers who b
joining me so locking reports are coming out today obviously from capitol hill like senator patrick leahy saying that the u.s. has an effect suspended aid to egypt while the white house denies that claim so what shall we first of all make of those contradicting reports. meghan it's great to be talking with you. you know obviously this is a fluid situation as they say it's kind of a cliche but it is there's a lot of moving parts senator leahy has actually said from the beginning he's been really...
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the office of vermont senator patrick leahy told the daily beast that military aid to egypt has been temporarily cut off something that the white house says is simply not true they say that it is under review but not currently on hold now to be clear technically technically the white house is right the five hundred eighty five million dollars of promised aid to the egyptian military is not due until september thirtieth so it still could go to the egyptian military if things calm down before then and while all of this is going on protests are still happening in the streets of cairo though they have been much calmer these past three days and if you're wondering why that is that's because of a nationwide curfew that is in effect forcing people off the streets at night bell true is in cairo and she describes that government imposed curfew. well right now we're actually on the government imposed because p. which means the close of the country everyone is at home holed up in that living room always leads to the screen to see what the lace is happening in egypt has been a quiet few days if
the office of vermont senator patrick leahy told the daily beast that military aid to egypt has been temporarily cut off something that the white house says is simply not true they say that it is under review but not currently on hold now to be clear technically technically the white house is right the five hundred eighty five million dollars of promised aid to the egyptian military is not due until september thirtieth so it still could go to the egyptian military if things calm down before...
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military aid on thursday both vermont senator patrick leahy and kentucky senator rand. paul told the hill that they want president obama to freeze all military aid to egypt referencing the president's announcement yesterday that the u.s. had canceled its upcoming joint military exercises the egyptian armed forces leahy said while suspending joint military exercises as the president has done is an important step our law is clear aid to the egyptian military should cease unless they restore democracy president obama said today that he's reassessing that aid to egypt and so first of all i'm just curious each one of your thoughts on this friend cheska let me begin with i've been very vocal about how we need to suspend aid to egypt to the death have been ridiculous and as you said calls from the left and the right senator john mccain has also said suspend aid to egypt ted cruz it's very rare when you have that many people from all sorts of the spectrum who are on the same who are on the same page on this issue on the other hand maybe not on the other hand but as another piec
military aid on thursday both vermont senator patrick leahy and kentucky senator rand. paul told the hill that they want president obama to freeze all military aid to egypt referencing the president's announcement yesterday that the u.s. had canceled its upcoming joint military exercises the egyptian armed forces leahy said while suspending joint military exercises as the president has done is an important step our law is clear aid to the egyptian military should cease unless they restore...
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better and fair having two sides represented in court what's more american also senator patrick leahy introduced the comprehensive accountability in privacy protection act which narrows the scope of the patriot act to limits gag orders on data collection view and fast forwards the sunset of the fai's amendments act congress has to carefully consider the powerful surveillance to be granted government intrusion sure that there is stringent oversight accountability and transparency i've introduced a bill that addresses not only section two hundred five and section seven zero two but also national security letters and roving wiretaps and other authorities in the patriot act it's also today senator al franken dropped a bill requiring disclosure of the number of americans who had their information collected and reviewed by the n.s.a. i don't want to a situation where the government is transparent only when it's convenient for the government meanwhile in the house congressman rush holt introduced legislation to repeal the patriot act and the pfizer amendments act passing the patriot act is o
better and fair having two sides represented in court what's more american also senator patrick leahy introduced the comprehensive accountability in privacy protection act which narrows the scope of the patriot act to limits gag orders on data collection view and fast forwards the sunset of the fai's amendments act congress has to carefully consider the powerful surveillance to be granted government intrusion sure that there is stringent oversight accountability and transparency i've introduced...
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and he accuses el baradei of quote but trail of trust meanwhile the office of vermont senator patrick leahy told the daily beast on monday that military aid to egypt has been temporarily cut off this is why to different narrative from what we are hearing from the white house itself which says that the aid is under review particularly military aid but it is on hold and our it is not on hold and has not yet been cut off now to be clear technically the administration's rhetoric is not completely amiss the five hundred eighty five million dollars of promised aid to the egyptian military in fiscal two thousand and thirteen is not due until september thirtieth so it could still happen if things hold down before then all the while the clashes in egypt are still continuing on a daily basis in the straits of cairo. at least one thousand people have died hundreds of others have been injured and there are still no signs of an end to the bloodshed to talk about this more in depth and the crisis in egypt what it means for the u.s. as well as the region moving forward earlier i was joined by our keys bel
and he accuses el baradei of quote but trail of trust meanwhile the office of vermont senator patrick leahy told the daily beast on monday that military aid to egypt has been temporarily cut off this is why to different narrative from what we are hearing from the white house itself which says that the aid is under review particularly military aid but it is on hold and our it is not on hold and has not yet been cut off now to be clear technically the administration's rhetoric is not completely...
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you have congressman rush holt to repeal the patriot act in the five amendments act you have senator leahy the chair of the judiciary committee trying to shrink section to fifteen. you know make it more restrictions on what the n.s.a. can do with that section so you kind of see these two different avenues forming on congress of what to do with edward snowden's leaks essentially interesting now what would this bill give tell what this bill gave telecommunications companies the right to deny the government access to any requests you know this is just simply going to allow them to tell in these telecommunications companies are put on a gag order when they receive this order they can't tell who their users that they're handing over their information they can't tell anyone this bill would allow these companies to at least reveal how many of their users are being affected by this but still the telecom communications companies. there's all sorts of tricks that the government uses to make sure that they play ball to hand over the data that they want now first event foremost how do these latest rev
you have congressman rush holt to repeal the patriot act in the five amendments act you have senator leahy the chair of the judiciary committee trying to shrink section to fifteen. you know make it more restrictions on what the n.s.a. can do with that section so you kind of see these two different avenues forming on congress of what to do with edward snowden's leaks essentially interesting now what would this bill give tell what this bill gave telecommunications companies the right to deny the...
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track the press if he wanted to and i think that that question is now being raised in congress pat leahy is raising in the senate right now is shouldn't whether you're for spying on like the official whether spying on the people you know we want to have a functional spy organization the n.s.a. is not even a necessary evil it's a necessary thing but it should operate within the constitutional constraints within the can and the fourth amendment says very specifically that you can't basically spy on people unless you have evidence that they may be committing a crime laura in evening shade arkansas has our welcome to the program hey tom thanks for taking my call i love your work i'd like to offer you a legal premise that might be a little unique on the we have the twelve week forced birth law in arkansas that is the anti-abortion rights restriction and basically the state is by taking female autonomy and sovereignty simply declaring incompetent. to decide the course of her pregnancy therefore they're taking custody of the infant the fetus in utero for the duration and the greater issue of co
track the press if he wanted to and i think that that question is now being raised in congress pat leahy is raising in the senate right now is shouldn't whether you're for spying on like the official whether spying on the people you know we want to have a functional spy organization the n.s.a. is not even a necessary evil it's a necessary thing but it should operate within the constitutional constraints within the can and the fourth amendment says very specifically that you can't basically spy...